Following on from Neville’s point, he said: “This is how you stop Man City playing.

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Man United star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been in poor form

“We’ve seen this over the past few weeks. I just think wonder whether Manchester United have the players capable of doing that.

"You think of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, at his age, does he really do that from the front? You think of Juan Mata who lacks that energy to really press. You’ve got Michael Carrick who is 35 in the centre of midfield.

"Manchester United in the first game stood off them in the first half and got completely outplayed. They went more direct in the second half. But can United do that for 90 minutes?”